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Energy Risk USA: Official sheds light on Ferc manipulation sleuths
Ferc is now monitoring markets in near real time for evidence of manipulation, warns enforcement official
As the proportion of power generated from renewables goes up, the business model of traditional utilities is increasingly under threat, says Torsten Amelung, Statkraft’s senior vice-president of trading,...
A small but growing number of companies are using renewable energy power purchase agreements to lock in cheap forward electricity prices. But it may take some time before going green becomes a sound risk...
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South Korean power outage fears loom high on agenda
A lack of investment in generation capacity and safety-related nuclear shutdowns left South Korea facing warnings of severe power shortages over the past year. That is putting investment in energy infrastructure and security of supply high on the political...
Time for an NWE approach
The creation of a single European energy market by 2014 is a goal that shows plenty of ambition – and one that should deliver real benefits to firms and consumers across the European Union (EU). A critical element of this is power market coupling,...
NWE power market coupling struck by delays
The European Union’s biggest power market coupling project to date has been beset by delays and will not now be be completed before the end of 2013. What is behind the setbacks and what do they mean for continuing efforts to forge a pan-European electricity...
Q&A: Alberto Pototschnig, Acer
Alberto Pototschnig was appointed as the inaugural director of the Ljubljana-based Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators in 2010. In an exclusive interview, he speaks to Mark Pengelly about market manipulation, financial regulation and the agency’s...
Energy/commodity derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
The middle of 2012 saw a tremendous spike in demand for gold, silver and bronze – fierce competition for these assets saw records toppling in dramatic style in the space of just a few weeks. But that’s typically what happens at the Olympics. In contrast,...
Japan faces soaring cost of ditching nuclear power
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan announced ambitions to phase out the use of nuclear generation. But faced with bulging energy imports and high prices, official enthusiasm for the plan has waned. By David Hayes
Editor's letter: The ghost of Enron
Allegations of manipulation in US power markets inevitably stir up memories of Enron. After the Houston-based energy giant’s collapse, it was found to have exploited loopholes in California’s electricity market, exacerbating the state’s energy crisis...
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